Kildare motorists to be hit with M7 toll price rise on July 1

Tolls on the M7 are to increase from July 1, the Department of Transport and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has confirmed.

Tolls for cars will increase from €2 to €2.10 on the M7 toll plaza near Mountrath. 

There will be no increase on the Dublin Port Tunnel.

Tolls on the M50 are to increase by 30c for cars without tags, bringing the toll paid to €3.50, while cars with video accounts will see an increase from €2.70 to €2.90.

Cars with tags face a 20c increase to €2.30 and TII pointed out that there has been no increase on motor car tolls on the M50 for registered vehicles with tags for ten years to 1 July 2023.

The TII said that toll revenue is used for motorway maintenance, toll collection and operations, and for the maintenance of the wider national road network.